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Operator : ‘Thank you for calling Pizza Hut . May I have your…’

Customer: ‘Heloo, can I order..’

Operator : ‘Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?’

Customer: ‘It’s eh…, hold…….. ..on….. .889861356102049 998-45-54610′

Operator : ‘OK… you’re… Mr Singh and you’re calling from 17 Jalan Kayu. Your home number is 4094 2366 your office 7645 2302 and your mobile is 98801 62566. Which number are you calling from now Sir?’

Customer: ‘Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?

Operator : ‘We are connected to the system Sir’

Customer: ‘May I order your Seafood Pizza…’

Operator : ‘That’s not a good idea Sir’

Customer: ‘How come?’

Operator : ‘According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir’

Customer: ‘What?… What do you recommend then?’

Operator : ‘Try our Low Fat H okkien Mee Pizza. You’ll like it’

Customer: ‘How do you know for sure?’

Operator : ‘You borrowed a book entitled ‘Popular Hokkien Dishes’ from the National Library last week Sir’

Customer: ‘OK I give up… Give me three family size ones then, how much will that cost?’

Operator : ‘That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is 409.00′

Customer: ‘Can I pay by! credit card?’

Operator : ‘I’m afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank Rs.3,30,720.00 since October last year. That’s not including the late payment charges
on your housing loan, Sir.’

Customer: ‘I guess I have to run to the neighborhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives’

Operator : ‘You can’t Sir. Based on the records, you’ve reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today’

Customer: ‘Never mind just send the pizzas, I’ll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?’

Operator : ‘About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can’t wait you can always come and collect it on your motorcycle.. .’

Customer: ‘ What!’

Operator : ‘According to the details in system ,you own a Scooter,…registration number 1123…’

Customer: ‘ ????’

Operator : ‘Is there anything else Sir?’

Customer: ‘Nothing… by the way… aren’t you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?’

Operator : ‘We normally would Sir, but based on your records you’re also diabetic…. … ‘

Customer: #%&@$^

Operator : ‘Better watch your language Sir. Remember on 15th July 1987 you were convicted of using abusive language on a policeman… ?’

Customer: [Faints...!!!]

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It all began with 75 words every sci-fi fan should know, which gave way to another 25, then 30 more, and finally 40 more after that. We won’t stop until we’ve got a complete science-fiction glossary, so here are the next 50 words every sci-fi fan should know. (Yes, FPS and RPG fanboys, there are lots of gaming terms mixed in here. As the first generation born into a world with ubiquitous video games grows into adult authors, the twin lexicons of sci-fi and gaming are overlapping, intertwining, and cross-breeding with much artifice and aplomb. See Gibson, William and Stross, Charles.)

  1. alien space bats (n.)
  2. alt. (n.)
  3. astrodynamics (n.)
  4. blobject (n.)
  5. buckyjunk (n.)
  6. celestial mechanics (n.)
  7. chatfrag (v.)
  8. Counter-Earth (n.)
  9. counterfactual history (n.)
  10. crit (v.)
  11. crossover (n.)
  12. dungeon crawl (n.)
  13. ectoplasm (n.)
  14. exocortex (n.)
  15. exoskeleton (n.)
  16. fan-fic (n.)
  17. GM (v.)
  18. godmode (v.)
  19. Grognard (n.)
  20. hack & slash (adj.)
  21. hit points (n.)
  22. Hohmann transfer (n.)
  23. instagib (adj.)
  24. Interplanetary Transport Network (n.)
  25. Jonbar hinge (n.)
  26. Lagrange point (n.)
  27. low energy transfer (n.)
  28. Mars cycler (n.)
  29. mecha (n.)
  30. metagaming (n.)
  31. metaverse (n.)
  32. min-max (v.)
  33. munchkin (n.)
  34. nootropics (n.)
  35. NPC (n.)
  36. Oberth effect (n.)
  37. orrery (n.)
  38. paratime (n.)
  39. ragdoll physics (n.)
  40. respawn (v.)
  41. Roche limit (n.)
  42. saving throw (n.)
  43. sidewise (adj.)
  44. slipstream (adj.)
  45. spawn camping (n.)
  46. telefrag (v.)
  47. toon (n.)
  48. Turkey City lexicon (n.)
  49. Wexelblat disaster (n.)
  50. xenocide (n.)

Think we’ve missed some? Let us know.

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It’s April Fool’s Day, and we certainly couldn’t blame you if you chose to disregard this story, but we have it from no less than the New York Times that Barack Obama, in his maiden overseas voyage as head of state, has given the Queen of England an iPod.

And not just any iPod, no siree. It’s an iPod loaded with pictures and video of Her Majesty’s 2007 visit to Virginia, where she went to historical sites such as Jamestown and Williamsburg, as well as the state capital of Richmond (seriously, though, would it kill her to get out of the thirteen colonies?). We don’t know precisely what kind of iPod the President gave her–we hope he sprung for a touch (laser-engraved, naturally); I’m sure the Queen has just been itching to get at the App Store.

The Queen, by most reports, was currently rocking a circa 2005 6GB silver iPod mini, so I’m sure she’ll be glad for the upgrade. In addition, Obama gave her a rare songbook signed by Richard Rodgers; the Queen, in return, gave him a signed, silver-framed photograph of her and the Duke of Edinburgh, the same gift she reputedly gives all her other important visitors–we hear that Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin does the exact same thing.

Image via AP

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